CARBON

BLACKS

Carbon Blacks for Lead Acid Batteries

Carbon Blacks for Lead Acid

Batteries
Cabot Worldwide
Operations in 18 countries: 42 manufacturing facilities, 8 research
and development facilities, 12 technical service centers and 26 sales
offices.
Revenue of $2.5 billion in 2006.
4.400 employees, 55% outside North America.
Cabot is the world leader in carbon black

Three main businesses:

Carbon Black
Fumed Metal Oxides
Supermetals

Carbon Black: Manufacture, Properties and

Characteristics

99.5 % of amorphous carbon

Crystalline structure
Different levels of Particles size and Structures
Black powder generated by the incomplete aromatic oil residue
combustion.

Air

Burner
Air + Gas

Primary particle

CO2 + H2O + Energy...

PFS

Aggregate
Primary Stage

Secondary Stage

Reactor

Agglomerate
Fuel

...+ PFS

Carbon Black
+ H2O + CO2 + H2 + N2

 Components Lead Acid Battery

Panel:
Pasted Grating filled with Active Material (Mass)
Mass:
Active material Responsible for Storage energy
Active Material Panel (+):
PbO2 (Lead dioxide)
Active Material Panel (-):
Pb (Spongy Pure Lead)
Battery operating

negative pole

electrolytic solution
positive pole

separatin
envelope
positive
panel
setting
system

enveloped
negative panel

Polypropylene box

Barium Sulfate + Sodium

Lignosulphonate + Carbon Black

Carbon Black
Function

Tinting
Visual differentiation
between panels

MONARCH 280

Additive Expander
(Negative Panel)
Contact area improvement
between Pb and electrolyte

MONARCH 460

Recommended grades
MONARCH 280, MONARCH 460,
MONARCH 570, VULCAN XC72R

MONARCH 570

Increase of Electric Conductivity

VULCAN XC72R

Addresses

North America
Cabot Corporation
Business and Technical Center
157 Concord Road
Billerica, MA 01821-7001
USA
Tel: +1 978 663 3455
Tel: +1 978 670 6298 (Technical Service)
Fax: +1 978 670 6149 (Technical Service)
Tel: 800 526 7591 (Customer Service)
Latin America
Cabot Latin America Division
Rua do Paraso, 148 - 5th floor
Paraso CEP 04103-000 So Paulo SP
BRASIL
Tel: +55 11 2144 6400
Fax: +55 11 3253 0051
Tel: 0800-195959 (Customer Service)

Pacific/Asia
Cabot Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
Level 21, Etiqa Twins Tower 2
11, Jalan Pinang
50450 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Tel: +60 3 2096 3888
Fax: +60 3 2162 0253
China
Cabot (China) Limited
No. 558 Shuangbai Lu
Wujing, Shanghai
CHINA 201108
Tel: +86 21 5175 8800
Fax: +86 21 6434 5532
Japan
Cabot Specialty Chemicals Inc.
Sumitomo Shiba-Daimon Bldg. 11F
2-5-5 Shiba Daimon, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-0012, JAPAN
Tel: +81 3 6820-0255
Fax: +81 3 5425-4500

Middle East/Africa
Cabot Specialty Chem. Inc.
Jebel Ali Free Zone
LOB 15, Office 424
Dubai
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Tel: +971 4 8871 800
Fax: +971 4 8871 801

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cannot and does not guarantee that similar results and/or conclusions will be obtained by others. This information is provided as
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